Carole King composed this tune in 1971 but James Taylor's version made it famous. Performed on my Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger keyboard.

Can you "Name That Tune"? I have a website that contains my complete collection of tunes with their titles revealed at: https://www.harveytwyman.com

Name That Tune #417 by Carole King

This was a song written with my mentor Terry L. Walters the summer I spent with him and his lovely wife Dawn in Lansing, Mi. Terry would strum a chord progression and I would sing a melody. When two musician are in sync there is nothing better.

I Hear You Calling

I Hear You Calling by Terry L. Walters and Dave Hanrahan

CJ and I attempted to bring another one from #the_slingers project folder closer to completion.... check it out.... c what u think... ENJOY!!!! ...and... #LKTRAR ... ✌️🤘👊🤘✌️... still need to redo a couple of lines in the vocals,  but I think we did Ozzy and Iommi a little justice....

#unplugged #acousticjam #black_sabbath #inspiredcover #HvyMtlHpp #the_slingers 


Into the Void...(w/CJ)...Black Sabbath... #inspiredcover

Look up at the night sky, maybe you’ll see some shooting stars?

Milky Way

Video at https://youtu.be/pOL6a-dC6FI?si=Bf3kHPIWbqdZM8e2
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This is a song about depression and survival. 

When I wrote it I still had another 25 years of surviving it ahead of me. But I'd made a decision years before, when I was 14, that no matter how bad it got it would always get better, sooner or later. And it always did, at least for a while. And knowing that somehow made it just a little bit easier to smile.


[This is a new mix. Drums by John Bennetts have been added and everything else has been changed, at least a little.]

Verse 1:
It’s more than a song
But less than a dream
I know what I say
Is not what I mean
Pretending my words
Aren’t meant to deceive
I’m playing with doubt
I want to believe

I know that it’s hard
To explain why I’m here
I complain though I know
There is nothing to fear
But the fear and the doubt
That wind through my mind
Are inventions of mine
That help pass the time

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Verse 2:
I’m more than a child
But less than a man
I know where I’ve been
But not who I am
I'll say that I'm strong
I'll tell you I’m free
But none of that's true
I just want it to be

Once I entered a room
I pulled down the shade
I turned out the lights
I wanted to fade
But I noticed the wall
Right there looking at me
Pretending to be blind
I really wanted to see

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Verse 3:
It all seemed to happen
A while ago
At a time I was lost
I just didn’t know
That doubting was simply
A game that I had
It gave me a reason
For feeling this bad

There are times there are changes
My memory moves
Preaching the patterns
I’ve worn into grooves
Repeating mistakes
I made in my youth
Learning the lines
And calling them truth
I can’t help but change
Can't help but survive
I might drown in doubt
But I'll still be alive

Chorus:
So here is my song
I wrote it for me
I need to recall
That it’s easy to be
The times that I’ve faced
My life as a trial
Have taught me to see
That it’s easy to smile

Easy to Smile

•See the Video•

Easy To Smile

Self-Portrait (Alternate Mix)

NOt facing ME

Original composition….Alejandro Gonzalez M.

Interlude

In Real Life is a fun song with an irresistible groove about the duality of our personas in digital realms like social media that allow us to present an image to the virtual world that is not necessarily who we are in real life. The idea came from the abbreviation IRL coming into the language to designate the distinction between real life and the virtual worlds we visit where we are not constrained or defined by who we are IRL.

In real life, you ain’t no super model
Baby, but you’re still beautiful!
In real life, I ain’t no rock star
But every chance I get
I sure enough rock!

I ain’t no algorithm
I’m virtually a person
I’ve got my own damn story
And most if it is virtually true!

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Yeah I’m a rock star baby
In real life you’re virtually a super model
Doin’ the cat walk baby
In real life you influence virtually everyone

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In real life, you ain’t no super model
Oh baby, but you’re beautiful!
In real life, I ain’t no rock star
But every chance I get
I sure enough rock!

I ain’t no algorithm
I’m virtually a person
I’ve got my own damn story
And most if it is virtually true

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Rock star rock star rock star
In real life you’re virtually a super model
A super duper model
In real life you influence virtually everyone darling

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In real life I’m virtually a rock star
Yeah I’m a rock star baby
In real life you’re virtually a super model
Doin’ the cat walk baby
In real life you influence virtually everyone
You have followers baby

In real life, its virtually true
In real life, you’re a virtual star
IRL I’ll make you a bet
That what you see ain’t what I get

In Real Life

In Real Life - Defiantbutterfly

Say it how it should be

The second track to be the same length over 9 minutes as a vocal track like this, after Foul-Mouthed Parrot was the first one that was super long.

This thing in my own assessment is strong in the early to middle but cringe at the end  because of Time constraints.  It would get re-takes of all the vocals for the last third at a later time (TBD!), like one of my "Alpha Remaster" type releases.  I juggle a 9-5 job and am not full-time musician and yeah it shows lol.  It should have been either chopped to half length or the entire second half needed more takes landing the vocals on probably different melody notes against the instrumentals.

Blagъ

Film At Eleven v2

Film At Eleven

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